Thursday, June 29, 2023

Re: OpenBSD 7.3 ixl SIOCSIFMEDIA: Operation not supported

29 Jun 2023, 15:58 by zack@philomathiclife.com:

> Just checked again, and my memory did not betray me: I am unable to set
> the media let alone media options. It is likely the API being too new.
> ixl(4) does state that one should flash their card with "the most recent
> (stable) firmware", but it appears this firmware is too new. You can
> try progressively downgrading your firmware to the newest version that
> does have a working API:
>
> https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/download/683939/nvm-downgrade-packages-for-intel-ethernet-adapters-700-series.html
>

Thanks Zack.

Looking at some of the release notes staying on newer firmware would obviously be more preferable, but I'll keep downgrading as a last-resort if the other side of the link can't turn on autoneg.

No comments:

Post a Comment